Trying to figure out why CSS with <img> won't work?

Question

Why doesn't the following code show the image as 50% of the container size, instead it just stays default size.

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Answer 1

First of all... what are you testing it in? Because a lot of the older browsers weren't coded to understand all of the now standard CSS.

It won't be 50% of the container unless you state it as a block level element. Images are inline.

There should be a space before the slash in the img tag.

Don't forget to put the height as 50%, otherwise you just get a narrow but tall image.

You can set the image to float right in the css as well.

Hint: Code for Firefox, tweak for IE and Opera.

Answer 2

what is CSS lol